This classic ATSF Mission-style passenger depot for its wholly-owned Texas subsidiary the Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe RR was built of red brick in 1904. The wooden freight depot is attached to the passenger depot, and can be identified by its large square doors. A doorway inside would connect these two depots.
This was the era of public segregation, in the south especially, so there were separate waiting areas for whites and non-whites at the depot.
NGS benchmark CA0086 J 83 reminds us of these thankfully bygone days, with its datasheet description of the location of the benchmark. From the NGS Datasheet: (
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CA0086 DESIGNATION - J 83
CA0086 PID - CA0086
CA0086 STATE/COUNTY- TX/LAMPASAS
CA0086 USGS QUAD - LAMPASAS (1959)
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CA0086 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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CA0086* NAD 83(1986)- 31 04 01. (N) 098 10 42. (W) SCALED
CA0086* NAVD 88 - 311.774 (meters) 1022.88 (feet) ADJUSTED
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CA0086_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
CA0086_SETTING: 36 = BUILDING
CA0086_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
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CA0086 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
CA0086 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED CGS
CA0086 HISTORY - 1932 GOOD NGS
CA0086 HISTORY - 1934 GOOD NGS
CA0086 HISTORY - 1983 GOOD NGS
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CA0086 STATION DESCRIPTION
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CA0086''DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1932
CA0086''IN LAMPASAS.
CA0086''ON THE G.C. & SANTA FE R.R. DEPOT AT LAMPASAS, HALFWAY BETWEEN
CA0086''WINDOW & DOOR, 3 1/2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND NORTH OF THE WHITE
CA0086''WAITING ROOM ENTRANCE ON EAST SIDE OF THE STATION.
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CA0086 STATION RECOVERY (1934)
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CA0086''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1934
CA0086''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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CA0086 STATION RECOVERY (1983)
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CA0086''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983
CA0086''RECOVERED THIS DATE. NOTE, ADD AT 200 NORTH LIVEOAK STREET.
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CA0086 STATION RECOVERY (2009)
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CA0086''RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING (LPC)
CA0086''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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